I waitressed for 10 years before finally getting my masters and a
teaching job 6 months ago…and by far, my worse experience was the 40
year old man who hit me in the back to get my attention!
We were slammed on a Friday night…the guy was rude from the
beginning…as was his family. Of course, being the good little
waitress that I was, I busted my ass trying to get him and everyone
else 10 things, even though I pretty much knew a tip from his table
wasn’t happening. Apparently I forgot to get his 3rd side dish of
ranch dressing….b/c as I walk by, I get hit in the back and sent
flying forward! I didn’t know what happened at first, then looked
back, and he said “WHERE’S MY RANCH!?” My mouth dropped…as did the
tables surrounding him…I said, “Did you seriously just HIT me?!” and
he looked at me like I was an idiot, and said he had been waiting 20
minutes..(ummm…try 5 minutes…on your 3rd dish, you asswipe!)
I went back to the kitchen and had another server get the ranch for
him…b/c I wasn’t going back to the table. I would have had a manager
deal w/ it…but, as I said, we were slammed…so I just avoided him
like the plague….he ended up getting a manager and complaining about
my service…b/c I stopped going over to his table–even though
another server started taking care of him–AND he ended up getting
most of food comped!!
I have a million horror stories from serving…but getting hit in the
back for some ranch definitely topped them all! At least I could
always get drunk and bitch about it after work! LOL!
- Kim
Ranch Dressing
